IF YOU KNEW, LET IT BE US
– Opening Reception / Meet The Artist: Friday, June 16 / 5-8pm
– Artist talk at 7pm
– Free and open to the public
– On exhibit: June 16 – August 20
McKinley Wallace Artist Statement:
I am a Black man who paints, draws, and collages to tell stories of power manifested in resilient peoples, determined to resist erasure and break free of master narratives. My work embodies a unique strength expounded by the oppressed. I explore race, history, and intersectionality. My ideas are often expressed in a graphic style that incorporates realism, minimalism, and hard-edge painting. My mixed media works show individuals in and out of black and white spaces, shaped like rectangles and squares, a metaphor for segregation, defiance, and loss.